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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>NCES What's New</title><link>http://nces.ed.gov/whatsnew/</link><description>For the latest in events, developments, and updates to the NCES website, check back here often.</description><language>en-us</language><category>education</category><category>statistics</category><category>data access tools</category><category>libraries</category><category>schools</category><category>colleges</category><image><title>NCES National Center for Education Statistics</title><link>http://nces.ed.gov</link><url>http://nces.ed.gov/icons/nceslogo.gif</url><height>40</height><width>144</width></image><item><title>Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey</title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that about 63 percent of public and 37 percent of private schools employed staff with academic specialist or coaching assignments?  A higher percentage of public elementary schools had staff with academic specialist or coaching assignments (73 percent) compared to private elementary (37 percent), public secondary (42 percent), and combined public schools (46 percent).  The 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) contains a variety of information about K-12 public, private, and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools in the United States.  Topics covered include:  counts of all types of school staff, admission requirements, student demographics, special programs and services offered, and highest annual tuition for private schools.  It is also possible to link the school data to the other SASS surveys, as applicable (district, principal, teacher, and school library media center).]]></description><pubDate>6/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009321</link></item><item><title>Characteristics of Public and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Library Media Centers in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey</title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that, in 2007-08, about 57 percent of paid professional library media center staff in traditional public schools had a Master's degree in a library-related major, which is a higher percentage than comparable staff in public charter schools (29 percent) and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools (27 percent)?  The 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey contains a variety of information about school library media centers in public and BIE K-12 schools in the 50 States and the District of Columbia.  Selected findings are presented in this First Look report.  Topics covered include: access to and use of a variety of information technologies, library facilities, services and policies, library staffing, feedback on students' level of information literacy and collections and expenditures.  It is also possible to link the school library media center data to the other SASS surveys (i.e., school district, school, principal, and teacher).]]></description><pubDate>6/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009322</link></item><item><title>Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Teachers in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey</title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that, in 2007-08, the average annual base salary of regular full-time public school teachers was $49,600 and the average annual base salary of regular full-time private school teachers was $36,300?  The 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) contains a variety of information about teachers in public, private, and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) elementary and secondary schools in the U.S.  Selected findings are presented in this First Look report.  Topics covered include: characteristics of the current teaching position; educational background and certification; professional development; working conditions; school climate and attitudes about teaching; school-based and other earnings; and basic demographics.  It is also possible to link the teacher data to the other SASS surveys (i.e., school district, school, principal, and library media center).]]></description><pubDate>6/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009324</link></item><item><title>Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary School Principals in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey</title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that, in 2007-08, 50 percent of public school principals and 53 percent of private school principals were women or that the average annual salary was $85,700 among public school principals and $57,500 among private school principals? The 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) contains a variety of information about principals in public, private, and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) elementary and secondary schools in the U.S.  Topics covered include: principals' experience and training; goals and decision-making; school climate and safety; student instructional time; working conditions; and basic demographic data.  It is also possible to link the principal data to the other SASS surveys (i.e., school, district, teacher, and library media center).]]></description><pubDate>6/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009323</link></item><item><title>Characteristics of Public School Districts in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey</title><description><![CDATA[Did you know that, in 2007-08, about 10 percent of public school districts offered pay incentives to recruit or retain teachers to teach in fields of shortage?  The 2007-08 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) contains a variety of information about school districts governing K-12 schools in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.  Selected findings are presented in this First Look report.  The topics you can examine with the SASS district data include basic district information (e.g., grades offered, student enrollment, and staffing); recruitment, retention, and hiring practices; principal and teacher salaries; fringe benefits offered to teachers; school choice policies; high school graduation requirements; and collective bargaining agreement status. It is also possible to link the district data to the other SASS surveys in the public sector (i.e., principal, school, teacher, library media center).]]></description><pubDate>6/30/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009320</link></item><item><title>Financial Accounting for State and Local School Systems Handbook</title><description><![CDATA[NCES has just released the latest version of the Financial Accounting for States and Local School Systems handbook.  This handbook provides guidance for maintaining an accounting system for public education at the school district and state levels, and a detailed list of account codes and definitions.  This guiidance meets all GAAP standards.]]></description><pubDate>6/23/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009325</link></item><item><title>The Nation&amp;#8217;s Report Card: 2008 Arts: Music and Visual Arts at Grade 8</title><description><![CDATA[The results are in; the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has released the results of the 2008 national arts assessment.  ]]></description><pubDate>6/15/2009</pubDate><link>http://nationsreportcard.gov</link></item><item><title>Late High School Dropouts: Characteristics, Experiences, and Changes Across Cohorts</title><description><![CDATA[This report presents information about selected characteristics and experiences of high school sophomores in 2002 who subsequently dropped out of school. It also presents comparative data about late high school dropouts in the years 1982, 1992, and 2004. The findings address only dropping out in late high school and do not cover students who dropped out before the spring of 10th grade. For this reason, the reported rates are lower than those based on the students&#8217; entire high school or earlier school career.]]></description><pubDate>6/10/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009307</link></item><item><title>Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2006-07</title><description><![CDATA[This report describes the enrollment,  high school graduation and dropout rates, pupil/teacher ratios, and expenditures for education in these largest school districts.

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